History A-Level
Defensive tactics
What Defensive tactics means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Defensive tactics
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Methods used to wear down French attacks, including the use of terrain such as ridges and fortifications.
Topics that use Defensive tactics
- Paper 3, Option 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 - 1 Britain and the French Wars, 1793–1815 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Leadership and tactics
- Naval warfare and strategy
- Significance
- The broader context of the French Wars
- Coalition warfare
- Supply organisation
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